trying time
Example Sentences
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"I want to offer my condolences to the family in this very trying time," Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo said on Wednesday.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
My partner and my adult daughter worked together like a well-oiled machine during this trying time.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
Though it is a trying time, he said, “there’s got to be hope.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025
Shares in JetBlue are up double digits since the judge’s decision, as investors hope that the airline can focus on its own business at a trying time for its industry.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024
Let us so live in this trying time that when it is all over we islanders can look one another in the eye with the knowledge that we have behaved honorably and fairly.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
